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Solved NIC#1025 - 1930/34 Martin Special
« on: December 29, 2018, 04:22:57 AM »
What is this car? It's very obscure - this could go to the Pros. Start digging now......
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2019, 06:07:26 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2019, 07:17:16 AM »
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2019, 07:24:17 AM »
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2019, 08:36:20 AM »
Armstrong Siddeley bodied by Salmons and Sons
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2019, 10:04:22 AM »
Armstrong Siddeley bodied by Salmons and Sons

No and no.
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2019, 02:00:40 PM »
Leyland 8?
Or is it even more obscure?
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2019, 03:29:25 PM »
Leyland 8?
Or is it even more obscure?

Not a Leyland. Much, much more obscure.
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2019, 04:57:14 PM »
Was it made by a lorry manufacturer?
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2019, 05:01:14 PM »
Was it made by a lorry manufacturer?

No.
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2019, 06:17:29 PM »
Is it a one-off, ie a special?
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2019, 05:44:07 AM »
Is it a one-off, ie a special?

Yes.
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2019, 12:36:22 PM »
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2019, 01:15:33 PM »
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2019, 07:39:12 AM »
Cross & Ellis body?

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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2019, 08:38:16 AM »
Cross & Ellis body?

I don't know who built the body, but I don't think it would have been a "known" coachbuilder.
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2019, 08:09:44 AM »
Is it a homebuilt on a saloon car chassis?

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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2019, 08:33:44 AM »
Is it a homebuilt on a saloon car chassis?

Sorry for the delay - yes, that's exactly what it is.
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2019, 12:56:00 PM »
Daimler base?

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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2019, 03:16:07 PM »
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2019, 05:49:44 AM »
Alvis 25 based?

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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2019, 05:58:32 AM »
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2019, 06:07:04 AM »
RR based?

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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2019, 06:52:51 AM »
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Re: NIC#1025
« Reply #24 on: February 25, 2019, 12:12:36 PM »
Remembering we are looking for a very obscure make, rarer than a Leyland 8, is it based on a Railton?
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